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The list consists mostly of studio recordings. Remix and live recordings are not listed separately unless the song was only released in that form. [1] Album singles are listed as released on their respective album. Only one release is listed per song, except for a couple of re-recordings, like their first Hib-Tone single.
List of R.E.M. music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Wolves, Lower" 1982 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris [149] "Radio Free Europe" 1983 Arthur Pierson [149] "Pretty Persuasion" 1984 "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" Howard Libov [149] Left of Reckoning [H] James Herbert [149] "Cant Get There from Here" 1985
We just wanted to do it; whenever we had a new batch of songs, it was time to record". [6] Because of the many new songs the band had, Buck unsuccessfully tried convincing everyone to make the next album a double album. [7] In November 1983, the band recorded 22 songs during a session with Neil Young producer Elliot Mazer in San Francisco. [8]
Mills has stated the song was almost removed from Reveal for being "too R.E.M.", but the band were discouraged from removing it. [12] Its lyrics contain a "cameo of teenage discomfort, that state of being desperate to impress, yet self-conscious and clumsy." [12] "Summer Turns to High" is another Beach Boys-influenced track.
The title itself is derived from Stipe and R.E.M.'s support for what would eventually become the "Motor Voter Bill" and the lyric "Hey, kids, rock 'n' roll" is an homage to the song "Stop It" by fellow Athens, Georgia, group Pylon; Stipe has also said the song is an "obvious homage to 'Rock On' by David Essex," which features a similar line.
Eponymous includes several alternative versions of songs, including the soundtrack contribution "Romance", which had not previously appeared on an R.E.M. record. Spanning from the initial single release of " Radio Free Europe " to the previous year's breakthrough hit album Document , Eponymous provides a fair overview of R.E.M.'s early work.
"Man on the Moon" is a mid-tempo country-rock song following a verse-chorus structure with an added pre-chorus and an instrumental bridge following the second and third choruses. The song has six lines in the first verse but only four in the second and third verses. [5] An early instrumental demo of the song was known to the band as "C to D ...
Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M., released in April 1987.The album is essentially a collection of many additional recordings R.E.M. made from before Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as B-sides to their singles internationally.